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He had arrived wounded on the pirate ship with his ained consciousness, he met Ledscha on board the Hydra, as the wife of the pirate Hanno She had nursed Myrtilus with tireless solicitude, and also often cared for his, Bias's, wounds After the recovery of the prisoners, she became their protectress, and placed Bias in the service of the Greek artist

They, the Gaul Lutarius, and one of the sculptor's slaves, were the only ones who had been brought on board the Hydra alive from the attack in Tennis, but the latter soon succue-builder that he had escaped froeance of his Biamite foe, for the tall Gaul, whose thick beard reseth and blackness, was mistaken by Hanno for the person whom Ledscha had directed him to deliver alive into her power

The pirate had surrendered the wrong captive to the woe; for, though Hanno and the Bia the cold dislike hich Ledscha rebuffed the giant who read her every wish in her eyes Finally, the captain of the pirate ship, a silent man by nature, often did not open his lips for days except to give orders to the crew Frequently he even refused to be relieved froht at the helm

Only when, at his own risk, or with the vessels of his father and brother, he attacked alley, did he wake to vigorous life and rush with gallant recklessness into battle

A single th and daring--the Gaul Lutarius He had been enrolled aealley, was elected his representative During this ti husband's nurse, but afterward treated hierly to the ship and the crew, and the fierce, lawless fellows cheerfully subeetic wife At this period Bias had often ed in secret conversation with the Gaul, yet if any tender emotion really attracted her toward any one other than her husband, Myrtilus would have been suspected rather than the black-bearded bridge-builder; for she not only showed the sculptor the kindest consideration, but often entered into conversation with him, and even persuaded him, when the sea was calm, or the Hydra lay at anchor in one of the hidden bays known to the pirates, to practise his art, and at last tohioddess had ill-treated the weaver Arachne, she commanded him to make a head of Athene, adorned with the hel this time she frequently inquired whether her features really were not beautiful enough to be copied for the countenance of a goddess, and when he eagerly assured her of the fact,her with flattery